Perfect appearances, perfect grades, perfect manners. Anything less for Adelina Torres and her family kicks her to the streets until she can keep up with the family name. She never had a life of her own. Always studying, always going to business dinners with her parents, always seen as a failure to her family. Despite her bubbly personality, she has always struggled to make friends. What happens when she meets Aaron Hendrix, the leader of the most powerful mafia in the country? A moment to thank you beautiful readers for giving me these rankings among thousands/hundreds of thousands/millions of other stories with similar tags :) #1 in mafia #1 in protective #1 in abused #1 in sunshine #1 in grumpy #2 in innocent #2 in cold #2 in goodgirl #3 in cute #9 in badboy #42 in family #54 in love

» 𝐅𝐨𝐫𝐛𝐢𝐝𝐝𝐞𝐧 𝐋𝐨𝐯𝐞 𝐀𝐟𝐟𝐚𝐢𝐫 𝐛𝐞𝐭𝐰𝐞𝐞𝐧 𝐌𝐨𝐛𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐫 & 𝐏𝐢𝐜𝐤𝐩𝐨𝐜𝐤𝐞𝐭𝐞𝐫 « ~ The Salieri's are so venomous in this world that people in this city don't dare to touch us but you, Aletheia... You made me sink my teeth into you and people shall know that - Donovan Salieri. ° ° ° ° Aletheia Sokratés isn't what you call sweet or innocent - She's a proficient pickpocket thief who is careless of others and doesn't care what anyone thinks, She steals and lies for a living however there is always a price to pay and Aletheia must finally succumb to that when she happens to steal from a notorious mob boss, 𝐃𝐨𝐧𝐨𝐯𝐚𝐧 𝐒𝐚𝐥𝐢𝐞𝐫𝐢. 𝐃𝐨𝐧𝐨𝐯𝐚𝐧 𝐒𝐚𝐥𝐢𝐞𝐫𝐢 is her biggest punishment yet and Aletheia is on a forever wild ride and maybe an illicit affair? _________ 𝐏𝐢𝐜𝐤𝐩𝐨𝐜𝐤𝐞𝐭 » 𝐴 𝑡ℎ𝑖𝑒𝑓 𝑤ℎ𝑜 𝑠𝑢𝑟𝑟𝑒𝑝𝑡𝑖𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑢𝑠𝑙𝑦 𝑠𝑡𝑒𝑎𝑙𝑠 𝑚𝑜𝑛𝑒𝑦 𝑜𝑟 𝑣𝑎𝑙𝑢𝑎𝑏𝑙𝑒𝑠 𝑓𝑟𝑜𝑚 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑝𝑜𝑐𝑘𝑒𝑡𝑠 𝑜𝑟 𝑝𝑒𝑟𝑠𝑜𝑛 𝑜𝑓 𝑎𝑛 𝑖𝑛𝑑𝑖𝑣𝑖𝑑𝑢𝑎𝑙. 𝐒𝐭𝐫𝐨𝐧𝐠 𝐒𝐞𝐱𝐮𝐚𝐥 𝐂𝐨𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐧𝐭 ⚠︎ 𝐒𝐭𝐫𝐨𝐧𝐠 𝐋𝐚𝐧𝐠𝐮𝐚𝐠𝐞 𝐂𝐨𝐦𝐩𝐥𝐞𝐭𝐞𝐝:12/30/2022

Twenty-three-year-old Riley Eames is still haunted by the heartbreak from three years ago. After the unexpected encounter with rising Hollywood star Ashe Hunter, will she finally open up or will her heart stay tormented by the past? *** After being dumped three years ago by her celebrity boyfriend, Riley Eames remained unable to truly heal and move on. So when he invites her to meet up in a hotel, she agrees, albeit reluctantly. But plans are ruined when she gets stuck in an elevator with British actor Ashe Hunter. They may have hit it off at the start but it would take a lot of convincing before Riley lets him into her life. With all the doubts and baggage that's coming back from her past, will another celebrity open up Riley's heart? Cover Designed By Daniela